University of Notre Dame
Browse

Empirical Ground Motion Relationships for Maximum Incremental Velocity

Download (8.09 MB)
thesis
posted on 2010-04-16, 00:00 authored by Jaime W Guaman
This thesis presents basic attenuation relationships for the maximum incremental velocity,MIV, of earthquake ground motion records. Multiple regression analyses are conducted to determine relationships between the MIV and the relevant earthquake parameters, such as magnitude, distance, soil conditions, and fault type. The PEER-NGA (2009) strong ground motion database is expanded for the purposes of the study, to include the 'orientation-independent' geometric mean MIV of the two orthogonal horizontal components of a given record. The proposed attenuation relationship can be used to estimate the MIV at a given site, similar to currently available models for other ground motion intensity parameters such as the peak ground acceleration (PGA) and velocity (PGV), as well as spectral acceleration (SA) and velocity (SV).

History

Date Modified

2017-06-02

Research Director(s)

Yahya Kurama

Committee Members

David Kirkner Alexandros Taflanidis

Degree

  • Master of Science in Civil Engineering

Degree Level

  • Master's Thesis

Language

  • English

Alternate Identifier

etd-04162010-151559

Publisher

University of Notre Dame

Program Name

  • Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences

Usage metrics

    Masters Theses

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC